Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted €325,640 Euros and another $30,000 (about 170 million naira) smuggled into the country from Greece and Austria.
The cash believed to have been laundered was stuffed inside envelopes and shoes.
Operatives seized the money at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos during the inward screening of passengers on a Turkish airline flight.
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the smuggled currencies, according to the NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, Ahmadu Garba.
The suspects, Edos Nicholas and Hallowell Prince Lovely, both Edo indigenes claimed that the money was given to them by some persons to hand over to their Nigeria-based relations.
NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Ofoyeju Mitchell, in a statement quoted the airport commander as disclosing that the money was found during routine search of passengers.
Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (retd) directed the Director of Assets and Financial Investigation of the Agency, Mrs Victoria Egbase to take over the investigation.
Meanwhile, a Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday remanded an ex-convict, Tope Adedayo, in prison for storming NDLEA office and demanding to kill two officials of the agency.
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